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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Dschang
Dschang climate by month
Tropical monsoon · AmBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean20°day and night
Seasonal swing3°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation3,708 mm245 wet days a year
5.44° N, 10.05° EElevation 1,345 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time
When to goDschang · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low23° / 16°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Dschang has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am): .
The warmest month is February, when afternoons average 28° and nights 15°. August is the coolest month, with highs of 21° and lows of 16°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 3°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 3,708 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (539 mm, 30 wet days) and December the driest (25 mm, 2 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 33% in December to 74% in August.
Compared with Yaoundé, the capital, Dschang is 2.1° cooler on a February afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 28° · February
- Coldest nights
- 14° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- December
- Clearest skies
- December · 33% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 26 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 49 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 27° | 28° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 23° | 21° | 21° | 22° | 23° | 24° | 26° |
| Average low | 14° | 15° | 16° | 17° | 17° | 16° | 16° | 16° | 16° | 16° | 15° | 14° |
| Precipitation | 21 mm | 51 mm | 192 mm | 341 mm | 398 mm | 522 mm | 537 mm | 539 mm | 590 mm | 396 mm | 96 mm | 25 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 2.5 | 7 | 17.4 | 26.9 | 29.1 | 28.3 | 29.9 | 30.2 | 29.8 | 30.1 | 12.4 | 1.7 |
| Cloud cover | 37% | 41% | 60% | 70% | 67% | 64% | 71% | 74% | 70% | 64% | 49% | 33% |
| Daylight | 11h 50 | 11h 57 | 12h 05 | 12h 14 | 12h 22 | 12h 26 | 12h 24 | 12h 18 | 12h 09 | 12h 00 | 11h 52 | 11h 49 |
| Month score | 83 | 68 | 49 | 50 | 52 | 53 | 50 | 49 | 50 | 53 | 63 | 91 |
ivMonth by month
Dschang in every month
January83
27° / 14°
21 mm · 2.5 wet days
February68
28° / 15°
51 mm · 7 wet days
March49
26° / 16°
192 mm · 17.4 wet days
April50
25° / 17°
341 mm · 26.9 wet days
May52
24° / 17°
398 mm · 29.1 wet days
June53
23° / 16°
522 mm · 28.3 wet days
July50
21° / 16°
537 mm · 29.9 wet days
August49
21° / 16°
539 mm · 30.2 wet days
September50
22° / 16°
590 mm · 29.8 wet days
October53
23° / 16°
396 mm · 30.1 wet days
November63
24° / 15°
96 mm · 12.4 wet days
December91
26° / 14°
25 mm · 1.7 wet days